The 6 Pillars of Lifestyle Medicine are:

Evidence supports the use of a whole food, plant-predominant diet to prevent, treat and reverse chronic illness.

Lifestyle Medicine supports people to reduce consumption of ultra-processed foods by teaching the knowledge and skills required to follow healthier eating patterns of people’s own choosing.

Managing negative stress can lessen anxiety, depression and immune dysfunction and leads to improved well-being.

Lifestyle Medicine teaches proven techniques to reduce stress and help people with relaxation. Practitioners support people to find purpose in life and improve health through connection with nature.

Social Connection

Positive social connections have beneficial affects on physical, mental and emotional health.

Lifestyle Medicine supports people to develop and sustain healthy and meaningful relationships and increase social connection to reduce stress and promote both physical and mental health.

Regular, consistent physical activity is an important part of overrall health and resiliancy.

Lifestyle Medicine supports people to choose ways they could incorporate more physical activity in their lives, as well as reducing time spent sitting down.

Use of tobacco and excessive alcohol consumption have been shown to increase risk of chronic diseases and death.

Lifestyle Medicine supports people to stop smoking, reduce excessive alcohol consumption, avoid addictive substances and behaviours such as gambling or harmfully excessive internet or social media use.

Improving sleep quality can improve attention span, mood, insulin resistance and can reduce hunger, sluggishness and more.

Lifestyle Medicine supports people to achieve good quality sleep and avoid behaviours which can impair sleep quality.